Aureate

Aureate-adj
1-gold, gilded, golden, or gold-colored
2-expressed or written in a highly or excessively ornameted, florid, or elaborate style

Augury

Augury-n
1-the art, activity, prophecies, or pronouncements of an augur, soothsayer, or diviner
2-an indication of what will happen in the future

Synonyms
omen
sign
resage
warning
indication
signal
threat

Augur

Augur-n
1-a religious official in ancient Rome who interpreted natural phenomena, such as the flight of birds, as signs that the dieties favored or disapproved of actions propose by the city
2-any soothsayer, prophet, or diviner

vt
to suggest or indicate what will happen in the future

Synonyms
bode
promise
portend
foretell
predict

Augment

Augment-v
1-(vti) to grow, or to increase something in number, amount size, strength, or intensity (formal)
2-(vt) in music, to enlarge a perfect or major interval by a semitone

n
in Greek or Sanskrite grammar, a vowel prefixed to a verb, or added to its initial vowel so as to lengthen it into a diphthong, to form a past tense

Synonyms
supplement
add to
enlarge
expand
enhance
increase
boost
bump up
diminish (antonym)

Auger

Auger-n
a hand tool with a corkscrew-shaped bit for boring holes, or a larger tool, using the same principle, for boring holes in the ground

Auditory

Auditory-adj
relating to the sense, organs, or process of hearing

Synonyms
aural
hearing
accoustic
audio

Auditor

Auditor-n
1-somebody who is qualified to audit accounts or to conduct an audit of a department or organization
2-a student who attends a class without asking for or receiving graduation credit
3-a hearer or listener, for example, a member of an audience or somebody listening to somebody who is talking

Synonyms
assessor
examiner
inspector